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Meanings

salty

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
カン
ダイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
から.い
しおからい
しおけ
せいしゅ

Common Words

おけ
Noun
Freq #30837
1

saltiness

Examples
この沢庵は塩気が足りない。
The pickled radish needs a touch of salt.
おから
(鹹い)
鹹い
~い Adj.
Freq #33770
1

salty (taste); briny

Examples
このカツオの塩辛塩辛すぎる。
These salted bonito guts are too salty for me.
明日葉
鹹草
あしたぐさ (鹹草)
アシタバ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #102492
1

Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)

梘水
鹹水
乾水
漢水
んすい
Noun
Freq #105729
1

lye water (for making Chinese noodles)

んすい
Noun
Freq #105729
1

brackish water; brine; salt water

かん味
んみ
Noun
Freq #218500
1

saltiness; salty taste

んこ
Noun
Freq #230184
1

salt lake; lagoon

んすいぎょ
Noun
Freq #266210
1

saltwater fish

鹹塩
からしお
Noun
Freq #270643
1

Rare term

salt; (strong) saltiness

2

Archaic

salt water; seawater

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